§ 17-1301c Definitions
§ 17-1302 Cemetery lots; disposition
§ 17-1302a Replatting of areas of certain cemeteries established by religious corporations
§ 17-1303 Owners of lots as members of corporation
§ 17-1304 Replatting cemetery previously chartered
§ 17-1305 Private burying grounds; control by county clerk; actions for damages
§ 17-1307 Cemeteries in or near cities; capital stock; directors; powers
§ 17-1308 Same; plat of lots and deposits in permanent maintenance fund prerequisite to conveyance of lots
§ 17-1309 Same; conveyance of lots
§ 17-1310 Same; control of lands; replatting
§ 17-1311 Cemetery permanent maintenance fund; requirements; use; purpose; trust instruments, terminated, transferred or amended
§ 17-1311a Same; misuse of the permanent maintenance fund, criminal penalty
§ 17-1311b Funds in a permanent maintenance fund not subject to legal process
§ 17-1312 Same; trustee, when; trust instruments, provisions; reporting requirements
§ 17-1312a Registration of cemetery corporation with secretary of state; reporting requirements; failure to register, civil penalty; maintenance fund; audit or examination of accounts, assessment of expenses; fees
§ 17-1312b Audit or examination of books and accounts; examination of officers, employees and agents
§ 17-1312c Same; interference with or refusal to submit to examination; appointment of receiver
§ 17-1312d Maintenance fund; failure to establish or maintain; forfeiture of cemetery corporation
§ 17-1312e Information and records of examination confidential; disclosure of certain information allowed
§ 17-1312f Application of act; exceptions
§ 17-1312g Cemetery corporations; trust agreement, copy filed with secretary of state; requirements; rules and regulations
§ 17-1313 Cemeteries in or near cities; dissolution
§ 17-1315 Eminent domain
§ 17-1316 Cemetery corporations in or adjacent to cities of more than 40,000
§ 17-1317 Same; permanent care fund
§ 17-1319 City or association; permanent maintenance fund; use and investment
§ 17-1319a Cemetery corporations; attorney general initiate an accounting at request of secretary of state; plan to correct deficiencies
§ 17-1321 Same; control; custodian, bond
§ 17-1322 Sale by one association of all unsold real property to another owning land adjoining or in close proximity; purchase of assets
§ 17-1323 Same; replatting
§ 17-1324 Plans for mausoleums or vaults; approval by secretary of health and environment
§ 17-1325 Crypts and catacombs; construction
§ 17-1326 Same; sealing burial structure; reinterment
§ 17-1327 Same; penalties
§ 17-1328 Sale of lands of abandoned cemeteries
§ 17-1329 Same; use of proceeds
§ 17-1330 Cemetery districts; petition; establishment; tax levy; limitation; care of abandoned cemetery; reinvestment of title to lots, when; proceedings
§ 17-1330a Withdrawal of cemetery; petition
§ 17-1330b Inclusion of adjoining territory; resolution, hearing, publication
§ 17-1331 Organization
§ 17-1332 Filing offer to convey property; abandoned cemeteries
§ 17-1333 Annual meetings; powers of electors
§ 17-1333a Election of directors; vacancies
§ 17-1334 Meetings of directors; election of officers; terms; bond of secretary-treasurer
§ 17-1335 Authority of association; issuance of bonds
§ 17-1335a Reinvestment of title to lots under K.S.A. 17-1330; notice to nonresidents; publication
§ 17-1335b Record of proceedings
§ 17-1335c Default by owners; action to determine title
§ 17-1335d Abandonment by grantee or holder
§ 17-1335e Judgment may be recorded
§ 17-1335f Description; ingress and egress
§ 17-1335g Perpetual care contracts exempt
§ 17-1335h Title reinvested; reconveyance, when
§ 17-1335i Annexation of territory to districts; procedure
§ 17-1336 Cemetery districts in certain counties; tax levies; road improvement
§ 17-1336a Road completion fund; transfer of surplus money for machinery and equipment; limitation
§ 17-1337 Directors; election; terms; vacancies
§ 17-1338 Permanent maintenance fund; use and investment
§ 17-1339 Control of permanent fund; custodian
§ 17-1341 Conveyance of city cemetery; ordinance
§ 17-1342 Establishment by city of second or third class and townships
§ 17-1343 Petition to county commissioners
§ 17-1344 Board of trustees; officers; bond; expenditures; tax levies; election upon petition
§ 17-1345 Disorganization of township cemetery and formation of district; petition; transfer of property
§ 17-1346 Same; application of laws
§ 17-1347 Reversion of unused grave spaces conveyed to patriotic organizations
§ 17-1348 Certain charitable purpose corporations; joint custody of assets
§ 17-1349 Same; investment standards; acquisition of property
§ 17-1350 Dissolution of certain cemetery districts; determination of facts
§ 17-1351 Same; findings; notice to owners of intention to dissolve district
§ 17-1352 Same; hearing; determination; authority to contract, when
§ 17-1353 Same; acquisition of locations in certain existing cemeteries
§ 17-1354 Same; dissolution of district by court, when; deed; report, approval; order; recordation
§ 17-1355 Certain districts in counties over 250,000 population; tax levies, when; limitation
§ 17-1356 Disorganization and annexation of cemetery district to other district in same county, when; procedure
§ 17-1357 Entire district to be disorganized and annexed
§ 17-1358 Transfer of property and funds
§ 17-1359 Disorganization of certain districts and annexation of territory to other districts
§ 17-1360 Vote to disorganize and requesting annexation of territory to another district; duties of secretary-treasuer
§ 17-1361 Same; duties of board receiving proposition; territory not annexed, when
§ 17-1362 Same; county commissioners duties to disorganize and annex district, when
§ 17-1363 Records, funds, etc., transferred to annexing district; title to property
§ 17-1364 Same; fixing number of board after annexation; terms
§ 17-1365 Tax levies after annexation; uses of funds
§ 17-1366 Maintenance of abandoned cemeteries; definitions
§ 17-1367 Same; dissolution of certain cemetery corporations; liens declared void on and after January 1, 2003; transfer of property and moneys
§ 17-1368 Same; contracts
§ 17-1369 Cemetery district No. 23, Republic county; tax levy
§ 17-1370 Cemetery districts in Sedgwick and Sumner counties; attachment of land in another county; petition; tax levy; transfer of moneys
§ 17-1371 Conveyance of cemetery property to Dodge City; transfer of books, paper, records and funds
§ 17-1372 Cemetery districts; annual report of finances, filed with county commission
§ 17-1373 Creation by resolution of county commissioners, notice, hearing; election, when; conveyance of certain property, when
§ 17-1374 Acquisition of land; no-fund warrants
§ 17-1375 Cemetery corporation; selling excess real estate; conditions
§ 17-1376 Same; petition; notice; hearing

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 17 > Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations

  • Abandoned cemetery: means :

    (1) Any cemetery owned by a corporation, as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 17-1366

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: is a pplied to an instrument conveying lands but does not imply a sealed instrument. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Irrevocable trust: A trust arrangement that cannot be revoked, rescinded, or repealed by the grantor.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Municipality: means the cemetery district in which all or any portion of an abandoned cemetery is located. See Kansas Statutes 17-1366
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • road: include public bridges and may be construed to be equivalent to "county way" "county road" "common road" "state road" and "territorial road. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Trustor: The person who makes or creates a trust. Also known as the grantor or settlor.